An evaluation of winter maintenance material metering and placement equipment : final report.

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• Creators:
  Colson, Stephen
• Corporate Creators:
  Maine. Dept. of Transportation. Transportation Research Division
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Cost Effectiveness Deicers (Equipment) Deicing Chemicals Evaluation Maintenance Equipment Materials Management Savings Winter Maintenance
• Publication/ Report Number:
  97-7
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Maine
• Corporate Publisher:
  Maine. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  Beginning in January, 1997, an evaluation process was undertaken by the Maine Department of
  
  Transportation (MDOT) in an effort to determine if developing technologies in the winter
  
  maintenance field might be viable and cost effective additions to MDOT's current fleet of snow
  
  fighting equipment. This process included the evaluation of the following equipment: Case-Tyler
  
  Zero Velocity System, Swenson Precision Placement System, Compu-Spread Ground Speed
  
  Control System and the Dickey-john Ground Speed Control System.
  
  Data collected in both field and controlled settings indicate a savings in material is possible when
  
  utilizing some form of material metering equipment.
  
  Testing performed for purposes of material placement using Zero Velocity and Precision
  
  Placement systems also shows promise in producing material savings.
  
  Realization of these savings will require a significant commitment to equipment calibration and
  
  maintenance. It will also require a high level of coordination and cooperation between all
  
  personnel involved.
  
  In addition to the equipment evaluation, this report briefly discusses the Department's experience
  
  with salt as a primary material for treating highways in winter related conditions.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e28cc2ec8a5b5e7761b9712422fdab202eed7c1a6ed5526506101f78ba5bc9aa
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28496/dot_28496_DS1.pdf
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